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Alonso headed the time sheets in the morning session, the first time that a Ferrari has been at the top of the standings since Australia last monthDavid Gray / Reuters

Kevin EasonMotor Racing Correspondent

Last updated at 10:14AM, April 18 2014

Fernando Alonso may not know much about his new boss at Ferrari, but he made
sure that he put on a show for him in practice for tomorrow’s Chinese Grand
Prix.

As Marco Mattiacci roamed the Scuderia’s garage on his first day as Ferrari
team principal, Alonso, their driver, headed the timesheets in the morning
session, the first time that a Ferrari has been at the top of the standings
since Australia last month. It was a pyrrhic victory because Lewis Hamilton,
the Mercedes driver, took up where he left off in Bahrain a fortnight ago to
set the fastest